Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-02-04
1T Cost NOTHING. /
why Dying Man Concluded to Po.tpon.
the Final Act of Life's Drama.

why Dying Wan COncln0e0 TO -fO1GpOne
the Final Act of Life's Drama. :,
A curious-looking old fellow, dressed
in gray *'homespun," was found lying
in an alley. When questioned by some
one, he turned over with groan, and
said: =.
''Go on away from here now and let
me die.''
"Why do you want to die?''
because I am blamed fool"
"Come, get up, that's no excuse"
Eyes, it is. Go on away, I tell you,
and let me die.'' " n
"Haven't you been drinking?"
mo, / hain't fetched q drap. Go on
away and let me die, tell you. A
man that amt got no more sense than
I have amt titten to live. It's danger
ous for him to walk about
- "Come, tell me what you did?'
With an effort and another groan he
raised up, leaned back against the wall,
and said: .".> e..
IF I tell you, will you go on away?"
"Yes.'' i.
"Wall, I'll 60 you whuther or no.
Early this mornin' I come inter town
an met a feller that I knowed. He
asked me to go round an take break
fast with him. I had dun eat break
fast, but as it wasn't no expense to me,
I concluded that it wouldn't do to let
the vidults go to waste, so went with
him. eat about a long-handled shovel
full Nv batter cakes and drunk four cups
Nv coffee, argyin' all the time that it
want costin' me nothin'. Airter I got
through I went knockin' round, an
putty soon met feller that eat din
her with me while he was candidate
last summer: He said that it was git
tin putty we'll along id the day, but
that if I'd 20 round home with him
he'd skeer up some breakfast. start
ed to say no, but ricollectin' how he ate
at my table, went with him. On the
way he got a lot NV these here great
long sausages. Wall, [ stored away
about two pounds Nv them sausages,
eat1 about my hat full Nv biscuits
an drunk three cups Of coffee.
BY this time I wus putty well
filled up, but shortly afterwards one
Nv the boys that lives out my way told
!! me that he had found a saloon whar
they put out whole lot Nv vidults an
let people eat all they wanted to, So, as
it didn't cost nothin', 1 went round. I
let in on big dish full Nv sour potatoes
an raw cabbage, an made myself at
home. After I got through with that I
went to dinner with a feller because it
| didn't cost me any thing, an cat putty
hearty: Then I struck out an eat a
few apples that [ slipped out Nv u
wagon, an then I eat piece NV cheese
that found in saloon, just because it
didn't cost any thing. About this time
the old boy commenced to overtake me,
an lodged in here an drapped down,
an I hope I'll die before l git outen
here, fur, as ! said jist now, man that
| amt got no more sense than have aint
titten to live. When I think that have
i at tmyself to death jest because it diden't
cost any thing it makes me so mad
don't know what to do: Oh, how do
suffer all over!''
"Come along with ME. -
':No, I'm goin' to die right here"
''You must come.'
81 won't: I'll never leave here till
I'm taken away dead, fur, as said, a
man that amt got no more sense than
I have amt fitten to live.''
''Then you won't go?"
"Won't move peg
"1'm sorry, for. I've got roast pig
down at my mouse, and would like fol
somebody to help me eat it,
"Hold on!'' exclaimed the dying
man. "Dog my cats if T don't jine
yer, an die AFTERWARDS. ."-Arkansau
: Traveller.